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The Cog Science Blog


Earth Day vs Cranky Uncle
Uncle Cranky is a good book for kids AND adults! I'm sure that wherever you live there's an Earth Day Festival near you this month. Here...
Apr 82 min read


Storytelling and Warmth
Where do you fit on the graph? Does the world seem to lack human warmth to you lately? Do you worry about the competence of people who...
Feb 92 min read


Low-Carbon Gift Giving
You don't have to wrap virtual gifts! In my email this morning, I received an invitation to participate in a low-carbon gift exchange...
Dec 17, 20242 min read


My Manifesto for Despairing Environmentalists
I’m launching STEM with Cog’s Episode 13 today . It’s all about how we can reduce waste and increase efficiency to combat climate change....
Nov 7, 20242 min read


The REAL Solar Power
If you watched Part 1 of Cog’s video, Electrify Everything , then you already know that I love our solar panels (and this solar hula...
Oct 1, 20242 min read

Turn Climate Shock Into Climate Talk
It's pretty shocking to see all the ways climate change can affect us in Cog’s Episode 11, but we can turn that climate shock into...
Jul 9, 20242 min read


FRESK Mural: Climate Change's Big Picture
. . . everyone on the planet should attend a free Cl!mate FRESK workshop to understand the science behind climate change.
Mar 29, 20242 min read


The Lessons of Deep Time
You could erase all of the years we’ve been burning those fossil fuels with one swipe of a fingernail file.
Jan 30, 20242 min read


The "Nature" of Eco-Anxiety
In the outdoors, children (people) make connections to the natural world, making them more willing to protect it.
Dec 8, 20233 min read

Rewilding and the Elephant (Mammoth?) in the Room
Rewilding is anything that works to restore nature and return an ecosystem to the condition it was in before human interaction.
Nov 1, 20233 min read


Global Cooling? Weather vs Climate
In Cog’s Volcano video, I talk about the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora and how it caused “the year without summer.” That cold weather...
Sep 23, 20233 min read


Why Watch STEM with Cog Videos?
I worry about climate change. I worry about students who hear about it from adults or media who either predict dystopian hell-scapes or ...
Aug 14, 20233 min read
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